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Time Management     Multitasking is really an art form. Not everyone is born with it, but as you better manage your time, you will see that you begin saving hours in your day that can be used for higher priority things, no matter what they are.  Everyone has different priorities and no person can say their priorities are more important than yours!  There is no such thing as "wasted time" every moment is a gift, no  matter how you spend it.
A Gem in the Laundry Isle  - You Look Good in Pink 
I just found a little gem in the laundry isle at Albertsons.  It is called “Shout Color Catcher”.  What a concept.  I have a feeling that any day now I should be getting a call to let me know that they want me to be the “Shout Girl”.  I could be the poster girl for the laundry room and the heading could state…..”Don’t let this happen to you”.  I used these little pieces of goodness in my drier and it is like magic.  The color actually  “sticks” to it.  Can you believe all the time and money I could have saved by using this product?

Color Code your Moving Boxes

When my husband and I bought a new home, it was my job to find a moving company.  The company I found was highly rated and the most cost effective for us.  Since the movers were of Russian descent and spoke very little English,  I decided it would be less stressful to figure out how to combat this situation than to learn how to speak Russian.  I came up with a color code system for all my moving boxes.  First, I bought construction paper made up of all different colors.  Next, I made a map of our new home and made enough copies for each mover.  For each room, I taped a color paper next to it.  I packed everything that would go into that specific room and labeled that box with the same colored paper taped to that box.
So in essence the box color matched the room color that matched the maps given to the movers.  After that, there wasn't a question as to where the boxes had to go.  The movers were so impressed with my moving system, they asked if they could use this system from then on,  I told them DA, which is Russian for yes.
In the Grocery Store, "Let's Go Fishing".   This is one of my favorite things to do!  When you're at your market of choice, and of course, you're using coupons, here is a great idea.  Walk up and down the aisles looking for items that are on sale yet the store is currently "out of stock".  Get a "rain check" on that specific item from the customer service representative.  Then go to another store, and hopefully, the store will be out of the same item and get another "rain check" and so on and so on.  I did this and now I will be able to purchase Chandon Champagne for the next 6 months at the sale price that this specific store had on  sale.  This is not something we do every day, but this is a tactic we will use on items that we would normally purchase and use on a daily basis.  For instance, I did not pay full price on All Free and Clear Detergent for 11 months by using the "Fishing" method. 

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